Rodney Wayne Puckett, 41, was found with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the Premiere Inn near West Peoria Avenue and the Black Canyon Highway in Phoenix in the early morning hours of a Sunday. Officers arrived about 1:30 a.m.; emergency crews treated Puckett at the scene and he was taken to a hospital, where he later died. What began as a shooting investigation was classified as a homicide.

Phoenix police initially detained two people for questioning and later released them. Investigators then released a description of a different person of interest: a man with long, dreadlock-style hair who was wearing jeans at the time. Authorities asked the public for help identifying and locating that individual.

If anyone has information about Rodney Puckett’s death or recognizes the person described, please share what you know with Phoenix police.